Eddie Anderson (Rochester)


Comments (0)

DIED
February 28, 1977

RECENT CREDITS
Star Spangled Rhythm (FILM)  Jan. 1, 2001
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (FILM)  Nov. 7, 1963
Gone With the Wind (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1939
Going Places (FILM)  Dec. 31, 1938
You Can't Take It With You (FILM)  Aug. 23, 1938

BIOGRAPHY
This gravel-voiced African-American comic player from the vaudeville stage and nightclub revues is best remembered as Jack Benny's worried valet and straight man, 'Rochester' for 28 years on Benny's radio and later TV....
This gravel-voiced African-American comic player from the vaudeville stage and nightclub revues is best remembered as Jack Benny's worried valet and straight man, 'Rochester' for 28 years on Benny's radio and later TV show (1950-65). Although he entered films in the late 1920s usually playing stereotyped servants, and appeared as Noah in "Green Pastures" (1936) and Uncle Peter in "Gone With the Wind" (1939), the rolling-eyed Anderson had his most notable film performance as the lead opposite Ethel Waters in Vincente Minnelli's all-black musical "Cabin in the Sky" (1943).



Comments



Advertisement

Recently Worked With...

Star Spangled Rhythm
Released: Jan. 1, 2001

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Released: Nov. 7, 1963

Gone With the Wind
Released: Jan. 1, 1939

Going Places
Released: Dec. 31, 1938

You Can't Take It With You
Released: Aug. 23, 1938


Fan Sites

Eddie Anderson (Rochester) Fansites

No fan sites available. Create the first!
Are you the #1 Eddie Anderson (Rochester) Fan? Sign Up To Create A Website Here.

Top 5 Celebrities

Michael Jackson
August 29, 1958
Gary, Indiana, United States

Robert Pattinson on the set of 'Remember Me' - New York City, NY - 06/15/09
May 13, 1986
London, England, United Kingdom

Angelina Jolie at the Orange British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) 2009 - Arrivals.  London, England - 02/08/09
June 04, 1975
Los Angeles, California, United States

Wylie Draper photos from the miniseries 'The Jacksons: An American Dream'
January 01, 1900

Kristen Stewart at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards - Arrivals held at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, CA - 05/31/09
April 09, 1990
Los Angeles, California, United States